A source with the National Football League says no rules were broken when the Vikings spent nearly $2 million for tickets behind the Lions' bench for Sunday night's game in Detroit.
Sports Illustrated first reported the deal, with the Vikings reportedly giving nearly 1,900 fans a chance to buy those seats for as little as $200 each.
The NFL allots all teams 600 tickets for road games.
Ford Field's capacity is listed as "about 65,000" for Lions games.
According to the story posted in SI, an email from the Vikings about the seats was discovered by Lions team officials, and it also stated that the tickets were not for re-sale to non-Vikings fans.
The NFL was notified by the Lions about the ticket buy, with league officials saying the Vikings did nothing wrong.
Vikings spokesman Jeff Anderson responded to Sports Illustrated, stating: “Given the uniqueness of this game, we wanted to offer our stakeholders — staff, family, season ticket members and team partners — an opportunity to attend.”
The winner Sunday night not only gets the NFC's top playoff seed, it will also become NFC North champion, and receive a first-round postseason bye.
The losing team drops to the fifth overall seed, and will go on the road for next weekend's wild card round.
The Vikings and Lions are both 14-2, the first time two NFL teams have combined for 28 wins in a non-playoff game.